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from the effects of long immersion in water far 

 more than the foxhound, whose short, smooth coat 

 is dry after a shake or two. In addition they are 

 not such good doers as the foxhound, and require 

 more attention after hunting. They are also apt 

 to be quarrelsome in kennel. Many of them 

 possess extremely fine noses, and can speak to a 

 line a day or two old, but this is of no practical 

 help in hunting, because it is impossible to drag 

 up to an otter that has been so long gone. They 

 swim well, and often draw well when swimming, 

 but the foxhound is quite their equal in this 

 respect. In our experience the hound that can 

 wind his otter across the stream and go straight 

 to him is more often a foxhound than a rough 

 hound. 



The foxhound, too, is usually a better marker 

 once he has entered properly, and when it comes to 

 holding and killing an otter, the rough hound 

 cannot compare with him. Across country, too, 

 and when an otter runs through covert, the fox- 

 hound's dash and drive at once put him in the 



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